THE EFFECTS OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN ALBANIA-THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CASE
Accepted
29 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2019
Abstract
THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN 2018 PUT IN SERIOUS RISK THE FRAGILE EQUILIBRIA INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING THE SECURITY OF THE EASTERN BORDERS AND REVEALED ON MORE TIME THE TENSIONS BETWEEN EU MEMBER STATES OVER HOW TO HANDLE IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION MAINLY FR OM AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE WEST. THE REFUGEE CRISIS AFFECTED ALSO THE BALKAN STATES, A GROWING NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ARE USING THE NEW TRANSIT BALKAN ROUTE THROUGH ALBANIA, MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA TO REACH THE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE SYRIAN REFUGES IN AL BANIA WERE IN THE CENTER OF THE POLITICAL DEBATE OFTEN A XENOPHOBIC POLITICAL DEBATE USED BY THE OPPOSITION IN ORDER TO ATTACK THE GOVERNMENT. THE CONCEPT OF “REGIONAL DISEMBARKATION PLATFORMS’ USED BY DONALD TUSK BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING IN JUN E 2018 INCREASED THE TENSION IN THE COUNTRY, DUE TO THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER BERISHA ALBANIA WAS ONE POSSIBLE LOCATION. ALSO, THE HEAD OF OPPOSITION LULEZIM BASHA ACCUSED THE PRIME MINISTER OF TRANSFORMING THE ALBANIANS A MINORITY IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY BUT RAMA EXPRESSLY DENIED THE OPENING OF CENTERS FOR MIGRANTS IN ALBANIA. THE PAPER AIMS TO ADDRESS THE POLITICAL DEBATE IN ALBANIA DUE TO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF MIGRANTS FROM SYRIA, AND THE MEASURES IN ORDER TO SECURE THE BORDER LIKE THE COOPERATION WITH F RONTEX. ALSO, THE PAPER DESIGNS THE SITUATION IN ALBANIA AS A TRANSIT COUNTRY IN THE FLUX OF MIGRANTS, WHO USE FORMAL REQUESTS TO CLAIM ASYLUM
Keywords
MIGRANT CRISIS
TRANSIT COUNTRY
NEW BALKAN ROUTE
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